A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), George Ayisi has advised the Member of Parliament for Madina Francis Xavier Sosu to report himself to the Ghana police.
According to the Public Relations Officer of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the Madina MP should report himself to the police to prove himself as a law-abiding citizen of the very law he enacts as a Member of Parliament.
"The police invited him and he decided to be adamant... to me, it is very unfortunate because a Member of Parliament and a lawmaker should be the first to be abiding by the laws of the land so if you disregard the law you make to guide all of us then it is not right. I think he should have gone to see the police," he said.
He backed the MP's attempted arrest by police, noting that the police actions were right and justifiable due to the conduct of Francis Xavier Sosu and the effects it had on the state.
"Francis Xavier Sosu was heard on tape saying that they will block vehicular movement... so the police felt it was a deliberate act to impede the use of state facilities or national facilities by other people.
"The demonstration had that notion so they [police] felt it was a deliberate thing and he must answer for that. They [police] are stressing on the tape and the ramifications it brought", he told the host of Morning Starr Francis Abban.
According to him, the Madina MP should have extensively lobbied for his constituents rather than resorting to a demonstration because his position as an MP gives him the leverage to lobby for the roads to be constructed.
Mr. George Ayisi has urged the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to engage the police for an amicable solution of the matter.
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Meanwhile, the Speaker of Parliament has refused a Police request to release the Madina MP for interrogation.
The letter signed by the Deputy Director of Legal Services of Parliament said, “I am directed by the Rt. Hon. Speaker to inform you that proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the 1st Session of the 8th Parliament commenced on Tuesday 26th October 2021, and having regard to the limitations of articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic, he is unable to release the Member of Parliament as requested in your letter".
The Majority caucus in parliament in a press statement have spoken against the Speaker's refusal to release the Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, to the Ghana Police Service.
The Majority said no situation should be created to give the impression that there are different rules for MPs and the general public.
However, the Minority group in Parliament has dismissed claims by the Majority that the Speaker of Parliament is instituting new rules that undermine the rule of law.
In a press statement, Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu states that the Majority’s leadership is being “mischievous and disingenuous” by ignoring the fact that the Police refused to comply with the established protocols.